<p>‘Strange…rather mad…extremely funny…she reminded me of the early Muriel Spark’ Auberon Waugh</p> <p>‘Abrasive and amusing…crisp and intelligent’ Barbara Trapido</p> <p>‘What a terrific book’ Fay Weldon</p>
From the author of the Man Booker prize-winners Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies comes a story of suburban mayhem and merciless, hilarious revenge.
Barricaded inside their house filled with festering rubbish, unhealthy smells and their secrets, the Axon family baffle Isabel Field, the latest in a long line of social workers.
Isabel has other problems too: a randy, untrustworthy father and a slackly romantic lover, Colin Sidney, history teacher to unresponsive yobs and father of a parcel of horrible children. With all this to worry about, how can Isabel begin to understand what is going on in the Axon household?
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From the author of the Man Booker prize-winners Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies comes a story of suburban mayhem and merciless, hilarious revenge.
‘Strange…rather mad…extremely funny…she reminded me of the early Muriel Spark’ Auberon Waugh
‘Abrasive and amusing…crisp and intelligent’ Barbara Trapido
‘What a terrific book’ Fay Weldon
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Includes PS Section
• One of our finest literary novelists.
• A smart new Harper Perennial edition of a long-out-of-print Hilary Mantel classic.
• Will appeal to all fans of her more recent novels and memoirs.
• Includes a fascinating PS section with an author profile and exclusive essay on the novel.
Competition: The;Wolf Hall;Bring up the Bodies;Testaments;Handmaid’s Tale;American Dirt;girl, woman, other;Tidelands;A place of Greater Safety. By;Hilary Mantel;Margaret Atwood;Philippa Gregory;Bill Bryson;Robert Harris;John le Carre;Alison Weir;Kate Atkinson
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781841153391
Publisert
2006-01-16
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperPerennial
Vekt
160 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
Hilary Mantel is the author of seventeen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, the memoir Giving Up the Ghost and the short story collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. Her latest novel, The Mirror & the Light, won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, while Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were both awarded the Booker Prize.